Sunday, December 29, 2013

Article Excerpt: "... "We just had to get good data driven work load so that we knew where to put people and how many we needed to hire and put on board to get the mail process back to where it was prior to when the new mail started coming in." Allison says if you do not have your mail by 7pm, that's late. He says the consolidation is permanent. But Allison says give the postal service at least until two weeks after Christmas, and customers will begin to a positive change. ..."

Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Article Excerpt: "... In January, the U.S. Postal Service closed part of the Huntsville Processing and Distribution Center
and moved those operations to a Birmingham center.

For years, Shoals mail was routed through the Huntsville center. Now, it travels some 120 miles to Birmingham for processing, then makes the return journey.

That means the Huntsville postmark on Shoals mail is becoming a thing of the past — something that might become permanent starting May 15, when the Huntsville facility likely will be completely shut down. ..."

Thursday, January 19, 2012

Article Excerpt: "... commission adopted a resolution Friday in support of keeping the mail-processing facility here open. Chair Mike Gillespie said the resolution would be sent to the U.S. Postal Service Board of Governors and would ..."

Friday, December 2, 2011

Article Excerpt: "...The Postal Service is planning public meetings Dec. 14 in Decatur and Dec. 15 in Tuscaloosa to collect input. Comments made at the meetings or submitted in writing will be entered into the record and considered by regional and national administrators, Fetterly said.

"There have been cases where a mail processing center and/or a local Post Office have not closed due to community input," Fetterly said. ..."

Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Article Excerpt: "...HUNTSVILLE, Alabama -- In a change from an announcement just two months ago, the Postal Service said Thursday it is considering moving all of the operations at the Wall Triana mail facility to Birmingham. ..."

Friday, March 4, 2011

By Evan Belanger

Article Excerpt: "...“It doesn’t seem appropriate to me that Huntsville, Ala., would be the one that would lose the postmark. It seems like it would be more effective and more cost efficient for everything to move to Huntsville as opposed to that,” said Huntsville resident ..."

Thursday, March 3, 2011

The U.S. Postal Service will be conducting a community meeting tonight to discuss moving outgoing mail processing operations from Huntsville to the Birmingham area. This move will virtually remove the Huntsville postmark. However, in an effort to pacify the community and force this move, the Postal Service says the postmark can be requested. Additionally, it is suspected that this move will delay mail services if a full consolidation of mail services takes place, as it is feared that is the direction the Postal Service will eventually proceed with. Even more damaging is the impact the move could have on employees at the facility. It is suspected that temporary employees would lose their jobs if any employees were excessed from the facility.

The meeting will be held at the Decatur Utilities building at 7:00 pm, located at 1002 Central Parkway SW in Decatur. Please be there to show your support in preventing this move.